Features

The Edinburgh Fringe: What's the Point?

1 September 2002

Is there any longer any point to the Edinburgh Fringe?

Theatrical Mus(e)(ing)

1 July 2001

Your Guide, in a thoughtful (i.e. self-indulgent) mood, looks at the biography of John Gielgud and the state of the West End.

Romeo and Juliet Jazz Suite

1 October 2000

Jazz music for the People's Theatre, Newcastle, production of Romeo and Juliet - jazz and theatre - the Romeo and Juliet Jazz Suite by James Russell

That Was The Year That Was

2 January 2000

A look back at theatre in the UK in 1999.

"Dangerously jingoistic and inward looking"

2 May 1999

Is Sir John Drummond right when he says British Theatre is dangerously jingoistic and inward looking?

The Traditions of Theatre

2 February 1998

Ruminations on the language and traditions of theatre, and all that sort of traditional stuff.

So Now We Know

2 May 1997

What Labour's General Election victory will mean for the arts